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A group of scientists with the USDA Agricultural Research Service released the first complete genome of the Asian giant hornet on Thursday.

USDA will extend the sign-up deadline for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), add additional commodities to the list of those eligible for aid and correct some payment rates.

CDFA announced Monday that it has awarded more than $544,000 to control tomato pest T. absoluta and fund other pest research.

A new bill would ban two widely used classes of pesticides and allow citizens to petition the Environmental Protection Agency for designations of pesticides as “dangerous,” which could lead to suspension of their registrations.

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing a rule to strengthen oversight and enforcement of the organic supply chain, particularly imports.

The size of the average dairy farm is growing as consolidation drives greater concentration of production across many different regions with prominent dairy production.

A group of scientists at the Food Processing and Sensory Quality Research Laboratory in New Orleans has created an oral immunotherapy drug to desensitize patients to allergic reactions from peanuts.

Nine California representatives are urging USDA to “utilize all purchasing authorities” to help the walnut industry.

The Trump administration and House Democrats have yet to reach a coronavirus relief deal, and billions in agriculture funding and food assistance increases hang in the balance as the high-level talks move slowly.